Words of Life
They’ll bear fruit
Abba Pimen
10 January 2019
When people avoid too much talking, quarrels, upsets and turmoil, the Hol...
It’s not our business
Saint Luke the Physician, Archbishop of the Crimea
9 January 2019
We forget that, if we judge others, God will also judge us. We forget tha...
She’ll bring you joy
Abbess Makrina, Holy Monastery of Our Lady the Guide, Portaria
8 January 2019
When you can’t sleep and various thoughts keep bothering you, say the pra...
You’ll never sin
Abba Isaiah
7 January 2019
If you manage to say to yourself every day: ‘Today’s the last day of my l...
A heavier burden
Abba John the Short
6 January 2019
How stupid we people are. We fling far from ourselves the lighter load- a...
They trust you
Saint Sophrony of Essex
5 January 2019
When you really love others, then they trust you because they feel it. An...
The only way
Saint Antonios of the Monastery of Optina
4 January 2019
When is pain a blessing for us? When it makes us try and find out how we’...
Don’t let them terrify you
Saint Andronik of the Monastery of Glinsk
3 January 2019
When you pray, you have to remember the hour of death and be afraid of et...
He tolerates transgressors
Elder Iosif Vatopaidinos
2 January 2019
When people are deluded and neglect their duty, God doesn’t change His mi...
It’s strengthened
Saint Isaac the Syrian
1 January 2019
Bodily effort and study of the divine Scriptures ensure purity of the min...